When you look up at a billboard during your commute, what do you usually expect to see? Most of the time, it’s nothing but advertisements. Once in a while, though, you find one that’s trying to tell you something rather than sell you something.

The debate over gun control is a louder part of the national conversation than it’s ever been before. It’s a polarizing dialogue, and to be a part of it is, almost inevitably, to have an opinion. But what if that conversation wasn’t happening only on your Twitter Facebook feeds? What if those questions became more concrete? How would your opinions take shape then?

Fútbol is far and away the most beloved sport on the planet. Even in Miami, where the game is often eclipsed by the Miami Heat, the Dolphins, and the Marlins, soccer has an enormous devout following. Now, before that following has a chance to cheer in the stands of this city’s own MLS pitch, they’ll be able to enjoy their love of the game at a museum.

There’s a reason the cliché of the starving artist has stood the test of time: Getting by as a working creative is hard — really hard. Studio spaces cost money. Paints, brushes, and canvas cost money. Clay and steel and camera gear, they all cost money too. And in a city as expensive as Miami, money isn’t the easiest thing to come by for artists on the rise. Fortunately, ArtCenter/South Florida just made their lives a little easier.

Hashtags and rallies are important parts of raising awareness and calling the public’s attention to an issue, but sustaining engagement and momentum requires more than that. If the #NeverAgain movement — or any other movement — is going to last, activists need to learn a lot of truths about organizing and activism from those who have come before them.

Less than 6 weeks after the shooting in Parkland, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led more than 20,000 people through the streets of their community in Saturday’s March For Our Lives. And while the most visible of the MSD survivors made their way to Washington D.C. for the main march, those that stayed behind continued the fight on their home turf.